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Neuroscience News: AI … how we really make decisions. Comment: Could this explain why people with TBI or mental illness find it so difficult to exercise choice?

Posted on July 19, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Tiny AI Models Reveal How We Really Make Decisions FeaturedNeuroscience ·July 18, 2025 Summary: Decision-making often involves trial and error, but conventional models assume we always act optimally based on past experience. A new study used small, interpretable artificial neural networks … Continue reading →

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Monday anxiety is very real – and we now have the biological proof

Posted on July 15, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Mental Health Monday anxiety is very real – and we now have the biological proof By Bronwyn Thompson July 13, 2025 Mondays leave a distinct stress-response mark on your body, new research finds Depositphotos For the first time, scientists have found … Continue reading →

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Neuroscience News: Brain … how it replays and compresses memories

Posted on July 10, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

How the Brain Replays and Compresses Memories FeaturedNeuroscience ·July 10, 2025 Summary: New research shows how the brain replays and organizes memories, even compressing long experiences into short, fixed-length neural sequences. Scientists recorded hundreds of hippocampal neurons in freely flying bats … Continue reading →

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The Rundown Robotics: John Hopkins : Robot performs surgery without human help

Posted on July 10, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

JOHNS HOPKINS Robot performs surgery without human helpImage source: Juo-Tung Chen/Johns Hopkins University The Rundown: A Johns Hopkins robot just nailed a key part of gallbladder surgery with no human hands on deck. Named SRT-H, the robot performed the surgery eight times like a … Continue reading →

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Not all body fat is created equal when it comes to dementia risk. Quote: “New research led by Monash University aims to clarify the mixed messages arising from previous studies on the relationship between body composition, specifically lean body mass, fat mass, and abdominal fat, and the risk of dementia and cognitive decline.”

Posted on July 9, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Brain Health Not all body fat is created equal when it comes to dementia risk By Paul McClure July 07, 2025 Where body fat is located, not the amount, may influence dementia risk Towfiqu barbhuiya/Unsplas A new study has found that … Continue reading →

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Neuroscience News: Human Brains Keep Making Memory Neurons in Adulthood

Posted on July 7, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

There were also large variations between individuals – some adult humans had many neural progenitor cells, others hardly any at all. Credit: Neuroscience News Human Brains Keep Making Memory Neurons in Adulthood FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience ·July 5, 2025 Summary: A groundbreaking study shows … Continue reading →

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One Gene Rewires Fear Circuits and Fuels Anxiety

Posted on June 29, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

One Gene Rewires Fear Circuits and Fuels Anxiety FeaturedGeneticsNeurosciencePsychology ·June 28, 2025 Summary: Researchers have uncovered how losing the autism-linked gene PTEN in a specific set of inhibitory neurons reshapes brain circuits tied to fear and anxiety. Using advanced circuit-mapping techniques, … Continue reading →

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Neuroscience News: Brain Injury Could Explain Sudden Criminal Behavior. Quote: “This tract connects areas involved in emotion and decision-making, and when disrupted, may impair impulse control and moral reasoning.”

Posted on June 27, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Brain Injury Could Explain Sudden Criminal Behavior FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology ·June 27, 2025 Summary: A new study has found that damage to a specific white matter pathway in the brain—the right uncinate fasciculus—may increase the likelihood of criminal or violent behavior following brain … Continue reading →

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Strict rules as GPs start to prescribe weight loss jab Mounjaro

Posted on June 24, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

https://41b2f33dc574266f512512bb19abefc3.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-45/html/container.html Strict rules as GPs start to prescribe weight loss jab Mounjaro 1 day agoShareSave Smitha Mundasad Health reporter Prescriptions for Mounjaro jabs, to help people lose weight, will be available at GP surgeries in England from today – but … Continue reading →

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A most remarkable person, Eleanor Maguire, cognitive neuroscientist. When I had cancer I wrote to her about her research, as below, based on my experience with a TBI. She replied and suggested reading certain articles. Sad to say, just a young woman, she passed away from cancer.

Posted on June 16, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Eleanor Maguire was a renowned cognitive neuroscientist known for her groundbreaking research on the brain’s role in memory, navigation, and imagination. Her work, particularly focusing on the hippocampus, transformed our understanding of how these cognitive functions are supported by the brain. She employed … Continue reading →

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